- Title
- Cubic and higher order algorithms for π
- Creator
- Borwein, J. M.; Borwein, P. B.
- Relation
- Canadian Mathematical Bulletin Vol. 27, Issue 4, p. 436-443
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.4153/CMB-1984-067-7
- Publisher
- Canadian Mathematical Society
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 1984
- Description
- We show that the theory of elliptic integral transformations may be employed to construct iterative approximations for π of order p (p any prime). Details are provided for two, three and seven. The cubic case proves amenable to surprisingly complete analysis.
- Subject
- pi; elliptic integrals; algorithms; modular equations
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/940986
- Identifier
- uon:13144
- Identifier
- ISSN:0008-4395
- Language
- eng
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